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that's what's at stake here for us. it's really not a question about whether people like president obama or whether he doesn't, whether they don't. and i frankly think that president obama has done great disservice to what his ideals were and why we elected him in the first place in 2008, which was around the questions of transparency and human rights. and that's the piece that we actually need to keep our eye in the next four years. >> you mentioned senator ron wyden a moment ago. he is on the senate select committee. he's allowed to know the legal rational that's being offered for targeted killing, as well as all the countries where the killing is where it's happening. but even he can't get answers. and he's promised to bring these issues up at john brennan's confirmation hearings for cia director coming pretty soon. what questions would you put to john brennan when he goes before the congress to testify on behalf of his nomination for director of the cia? >> i'm not going to quibble with them on the fact that they ar
that's what's at stake here for us. it's really not a question about whether people like president obama or whether he doesn't, whether they don't. and i frankly think that president obama has done great disservice to what his ideals were and why we elected him in the first place in 2008, which was around the questions of transparency and human rights. and that's the piece that we actually need to keep our eye in the next four years. >> you mentioned senator ron wyden a moment ago. he is...
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two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous situations but there are some things that really are black and white and i believe that that was a black and white issue there's something that i think you will find interesting and something that i'd like you to comment on polls by the american red cross show that the majority of americans find torture acceptable sixty percent of young people agree whereas four years ago torture was largely condemned in the u.s. . how did this become the new normal what happened in those four years i think that many people who told pollsters in the early or middle part of the last decade were reacting to president
two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous...
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it is made from plastic, so it uses less fuel. every day it is grounded, the cost to boeing goes up. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- the u.s. education system is slipping down the global rankings. we talked to one woman with radical ideas for an overhaul. life like robotic patients are used by doctors and nurses in the uk who want to practice their clinical skills. they suffer from a range of problems like asthma and severe infections. >> john is sick. he has been in a car crash and he is struggling to breathe. these doctors are trying to figure out what to do. if they cannot, no one dies. these robots are different. they are controlled to react to treatment second by second. "although we are taught in books what to do in certain situations, is very different when you have equipment, and you have people talking to you. run through.way to >> there are other members of the family. he can heartbeat -- he can have a heartbeat and describe the symptoms. it is cutting edge technology. it's not the only new
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there is another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war...
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by allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use this young man in pakistan would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity the numbers should not come as a surprise. during the broad definition the obama administration gives this to who should be on their kill
by allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical...
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allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man in pakistan he would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people in many cases children with no evidence whatsoever that they're involved in any criminal or terrorist activity the numbers should not come as a surprise considering the broad definition the obama admin straight. gives this to who should be on
allowing us to see and. from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individuals since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical...
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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war there an intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force . as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet no
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to expand its remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world the latest announcement a new facility in asia where obama has redefined war there an intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual...
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made the offer two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally nebulous situations but there are some things that really are black and white and i believed that that was a black and white issue there's something that i think you will find interesting and something that i'd like you to comment on polls by the american red cross show that the majority of americans find torture acceptable sixty percent of young people agree whereas four years ago torture was largely condemned in the us. how did this become thing in normal what happened in those four years i think that many people who told pollsters in the early or middle part of the last decade were reacting t
made the offer two of us said no and then one of us not me the other guy changed his mind so i was the only one who was made the offer who declined. because at that time you already believe that it wouldn't work i just thought i didn't know if it would work i mean they were telling us it would but i just believed it was wrong you know it at the cia part of the cia's culture is to couch all issues in shades of grey you have to be very comfortable working in morally nebulous situations or legally...
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to work against or with congress by using campaign techniques. we are seeing him talk about, you know, there may be divisions you may not like, but stick together, if we stick together, we will prosper politically, we will prosper in our legislative agenda. one of the things he is taking away from the campaign is campaign results have consequences. we know that the american people, the majority, are supporting my agenda, immigration, certain elements of gun control, my fiscal and economic issues. he may talk about political reform or environmental issues, climate change coming up, for instance, in the state of the union address. he is going around the country. he is campaigning, much as we saw in 2012, prying to put the squeeze on the republicans in the house specifically to try to work with the senate to get legislation and box them in to try to get what he wants this year. it's very important that we talk about this year. he knows he has one year. gwen: beth, the greatest advantage for the democrats as opposed to the republicans they have a ver
to work against or with congress by using campaign techniques. we are seeing him talk about, you know, there may be divisions you may not like, but stick together, if we stick together, we will prosper politically, we will prosper in our legislative agenda. one of the things he is taking away from the campaign is campaign results have consequences. we know that the american people, the majority, are supporting my agenda, immigration, certain elements of gun control, my fiscal and economic...
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gwen: when is it ok to use u.s. drones to kill americans? and when does congress get to know about it? >> if the executive branch makes a mistake and kills the wrong person or a group of the wrong people, how should the government acknowledge that? gwen: closer to home, did the folks who issue credit ratings make the mortgage crisis worse? the justice department says yes. >> we believe that s&p played a significant role in helping to bring our economy to the brink of collapse. gwen: and on politics, republicans and democrats map out the future. >> it's important not to read too much into any particular political victory, because this country is big, it is diverse, it is contentious, and we don't have a monopoly on wisdom. >> to uphold this legacy of those who have come before us, washington will need to make some choices. and in a divided government, these choices are often tough. gwen: covering the week, carrie johnson of nph, pete williams of nbc news, alexis simendinger of real clear politics, and beth reinhard of "national journal." >> a
gwen: when is it ok to use u.s. drones to kill americans? and when does congress get to know about it? >> if the executive branch makes a mistake and kills the wrong person or a group of the wrong people, how should the government acknowledge that? gwen: closer to home, did the folks who issue credit ratings make the mortgage crisis worse? the justice department says yes. >> we believe that s&p played a significant role in helping to bring our economy to the brink of collapse....
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everything that makes us pres perous and they also imperil us. >> and going to the atm machine . to do standard banking and all sorts of things we take for granted and super market scanners can beed bypass a cyber attack. >> everything you do depends on information security . in 2007, some hackers attacked want count reap of estonia and 97 percent of the people do electronic banking. >> and this week hackers had gotin into even the wall street journal and the new york times . i am sure when they got in want new york times they didn't find anything worth while. but a they got into the accounts wasnd 43. that is scary stuff. the gate code to former president bush's house they were able to hack that. that is frightening, isn't it? >> llet me frighten you. our defense system are intruded on . names in public that speak to very serious intrusions in our system necessary real life. we do exercises all of the time to see how secure our exercises are. we have a lot of room for improvement. >> how can we stop it? >> i think unfortunately we have had legislative grid lock long before the h
everything that makes us pres perous and they also imperil us. >> and going to the atm machine . to do standard banking and all sorts of things we take for granted and super market scanners can beed bypass a cyber attack. >> everything you do depends on information security . in 2007, some hackers attacked want count reap of estonia and 97 percent of the people do electronic banking. >> and this week hackers had gotin into even the wall street journal and the new york times ....
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it will stay to the us. eighteen world championships in april when a dozen international events that will test the venue before the games begin the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because the limbic park is down by the black sea i'm cold because all the alpine events or take place just forty kilometers away. it is a similar story that not much was here before but there are also couture resorts has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of our points the biathlon and cross-country courses have also been created along with the bobsled track and then there's something you can't fail to meet but if you make your way down the mountain will eventually come to hey one of the most dramatic sights at any winter olympics the ski jumping the larger ramp on the left hand side is for the men and the smaller one on the right is for the women he will be competing for the very first time in this event at an olympics next year. linking the so-called mountain in coastal clusters has not been eas
it will stay to the us. eighteen world championships in april when a dozen international events that will test the venue before the games begin the slogan for thought she twenty fourteen is hot cool your top because the limbic park is down by the black sea i'm cold because all the alpine events or take place just forty kilometers away. it is a similar story that not much was here before but there are also couture resorts has sprung up from nowhere to become the home of our points the biathlon...
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used today violence was once again flared up. these are the images the girl has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. trying to rule the day i. see. capital damascus has witnessed some of its most intense clashes in months rebels attacked government forces in the tent to seize control of key approaches to the city center where fighting came despite an earlier offer by the opposition leader now as captives to negotiate with president assad's deputy assad government could also be willing to talk that's according to its ally iran whose foreign minister let's go to that much it sponsored islamic summit whether there are splits within the opposition that makes to belittle unlikely even if they do bring down asset so says syria tribune editor in chief of the mohammed. isn't just funny it's just like all muslims will be lighter and the sun will be nicer ones different than it is now and that's not really you have a d.v.d. the can actually conform and be trite even when the you know it's listed that's it on it's a blacklist the amoun
used today violence was once again flared up. these are the images the girl has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. trying to rule the day i. see. capital damascus has witnessed some of its most intense clashes in months rebels attacked government forces in the tent to seize control of key approaches to the city center where fighting came despite an earlier offer by the opposition leader now as captives to negotiate with president assad's deputy assad government could also be willing to...
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eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a false alarm. piece by piece so she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue surround the club but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building the everything from scratch russia will be ready to finish and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start the training facilities are ready practically all of them of close to test competitions hold hotels and olympic villages are in the final phase of construction being referred bisht unfurnished the show jewels to open in the olson we plan to complete construction long before the end of the year said personal can train the managers can gain experience in providing a good service but achieving this goal has come at a staggering price hasting these games is costing around fifty billion dollars making them the most expensive in the limbic history they cost ten times more than the last winter games and by. and ten billion dollars more than the beijing s
eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a false alarm. piece by piece so she's a limp dick dream is coming together would continue surround the club but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building the everything from scratch russia will be ready to finish and. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start the training facilities are ready practically all of them of close to test competitions hold hotels...
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i said that all government officials of an obligation to tell us if they want to kill us. i mean it seems pretty straightforward in britain has been side to a lot of what some us would consider to be unsavory things over the years waterboarding and you know yes he has presided over the drone program so do i ask you i think it's fair to ask him to tell us exactly how these drones are being used even though that it's that it seems i do think that he could say that these details some of them at least are classified we certainly could say that that's of the been saying all along but this is a high stakes game people are dying i think we do have a right to ask why they're trying and what's been done a lot of them are worthless in the choosing we're going to be killed brennan of course is credited as the architect of the drone campaign so if anybody knows these answers the answers to these questions it's him right well absolutely it was actually the first ministration official to admit that the drone campaign was actually in use everybody knew it was no open secret it was a pers
i said that all government officials of an obligation to tell us if they want to kill us. i mean it seems pretty straightforward in britain has been side to a lot of what some us would consider to be unsavory things over the years waterboarding and you know yes he has presided over the drone program so do i ask you i think it's fair to ask him to tell us exactly how these drones are being used even though that it's that it seems i do think that he could say that these details some of them at...
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it's eleven am here in moscow you're live with us on r.t. with me tom it's good to have you with us my drug shows the black sea resort of sochi is marking a year until the start of one of the most exciting events action lovers and thrill seekers the winter olympics giant counter clocks have started taking in the eight major cities across the country in part is that lizzie france is following the celebrations and now joins me live from moscow with the details lindsey there's been. quite a lot of this to me it is happening already they can you tell us what's going to be celebrated today how today is going to be celebrated. yes i can be a bear of a. man and that is speaking just behind me they are about to kick off enough along here to count down i one year and still these saucy winter olympics with the opening ceremony here begins now there are nine of these clocks several meters high weighing nearly eight tons each now the color scheme on these clocks is blue but as you can imagine since this walk here in moscow is set just outside red square
it's eleven am here in moscow you're live with us on r.t. with me tom it's good to have you with us my drug shows the black sea resort of sochi is marking a year until the start of one of the most exciting events action lovers and thrill seekers the winter olympics giant counter clocks have started taking in the eight major cities across the country in part is that lizzie france is following the celebrations and now joins me live from moscow with the details lindsey there's been. quite a lot of...
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they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do you think, pat buchanan? >> i don't think they l. if they do, john, it doesn't make any difference. but we really ought to be concerned about these d
they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked...
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are more accusations of a clamp down on freedom in egypt as a popular social networking site used by the end to regime movement is shut down amid fresh demonstrations against islamic government. while similar scenes have been unfolding in the birthplace of the arab spring tunisia where protests against the government away ignited by the murder of a prominent opposition figure. thompson protests smart cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing while senators shy from probing his extensive history of drones torture and targeted executions. i do one server and a top negotiator each you budget was some graveling with the european parliament threatening to veto the austerity ridden package. rushes blacks' us the result of soul she celebrates one year to go before the start of the most expensive winter olympics ever a major major reshuffles among the game's officials will be key organizer fired. from moscow this is archie with me to say. it's been another restless week for egypt with the plumes of smoke and tear gas covering the country's main cities following street battles between a
are more accusations of a clamp down on freedom in egypt as a popular social networking site used by the end to regime movement is shut down amid fresh demonstrations against islamic government. while similar scenes have been unfolding in the birthplace of the arab spring tunisia where protests against the government away ignited by the murder of a prominent opposition figure. thompson protests smart cia hopeful john brennan's confirmation hearing while senators shy from probing his extensive...
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eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a. piece by piece so she's a limping dream is coming together continues around the clock but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building everything from scratch russia will be ready. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start training facilities are ready practically all of them of host to test competitions all hotels and olympic villages are in the final phase of construction being referred to in furnished the shuttles to open in the also we plan to complete construction long before the end of the year said personal can train a man who just can gain experience in providing a good service but it changing this goal has come at a staggering price hasting these games is costing around fifty billion dollars making them the most expensive in a limb pick history they cost ten times more than the last winter games in vancouver and ten billion dollars more than the beijing summer games however the resu
eddie farmer is in saatchi to give us a. piece by piece so she's a limping dream is coming together continues around the clock but with a year to go things are shaping up in the company in charge of construction has a simple message despite building everything from scratch russia will be ready. we plan to introduce all the facilities before the games start training facilities are ready practically all of them of host to test competitions all hotels and olympic villages are in the final phase of...